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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.

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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Object Possible Try
Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Advice Need Welcome
Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Bright Cleaning Sorrow Soul
A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Growth Man Mindset Place
You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Deep Hesitation Myself Sharp Silence Weapon Word Yourself
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Coward Patriot Refuge
Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Coward Defense Revenge
No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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Abuse Government Human Nature Power Safety
A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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Expression Greatness Himself Hope Man Meaning World
What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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Best Deserve Ignorance Insult Motivational Punishment
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Death Himself Live Man
To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Health Moral Preserve Religious Social Virtue
Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Conscience Deep Fear God Man Rise Shame Wisdom
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Effort Happiness Reading Writing
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Better Cheating Happiness Suffering Trust Wrong
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Associate Greatness Local Man Position

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